Papaya and lime scones

i enjoy eating papaya with a little lime juice squeezed onto it so i thought it would be a nice flavour combination to add into a scone mixture. the two flavours go togther really well.

these scones were wonderfully crumbly and were really nice still warm with a bit of butter.

i decided to make small round scones rather than a large one sliced into segments as i find that they cook more evenly.

recipe

2 and half cups 300g plain flour

2 tspbaking powder

1 tsp salt

1/3 cup 80g brown sugar

half cup 4 ounces of butter (120g)

juice of half a lime

1 tsp lime zest

flesh of half a papaya

1 egg

1/3 cup 80ml double cream

preheat the oven to 200c 400f

add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter into a large bowl and rub together until it resembles bread crumbs. scoop the seeds out of half a papya and throw away, then using a spoon scrape the flesh out and mash up the papya and add the juice of half a lime and a tsp of zest then pour into the dry mixture with a beaten egg and cream then using your hands fold in and knead gently into a ball,

flatten out until about 1 inch thick and cut out small circles.

brush the top of each scone with some more cream and bake for 15 minutes.